Documentation

This section lists packages that contain a variety of Linux-related information. There is a lot of good information here; unless you are low on disk space, you should install these packages. (Note, however, that you probably don't need all the HOWTO packages; in most cases howto and howto-html will probably suffice.)

XFree86-doc (Version 3.3.5, 10,799K)

XFree86-doc provides a great deal of documentation, in PostScript format, on the various X APIs, libraries, and other interfaces. If you need low level X documentation, you will find it here. Topics include the X protocol, the ICCCM window manager standard, ICE session management, the font server API, etc.

bash2-doc (Version 2.03, 2,275K)

This is a separate documentation package for the GNU Bourne Again shell.

faq (Version 6.0, 1,164K)

The faq package includes the text of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Linux from the SunSITE website (http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/linux-faq/Linux-FAQ). The Linux FAQ is a great source of information about Linux.

Install faq if you'd like to read the Linux FAQ off your own machine.

gimp-manual (Version 1.0.0, 17,979K)

The gimp-manual package contains the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) User Manual (GUM) in HTML format. The GUM is a complete guide for using the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Please note that the HTML version of the GUM is less refined than the other versions, which can be obtained at ftp://manual.gimp.org/pub/manual/. The GUM is provided there in HTML (for viewing the GUM online), in PostScript(TM) and PDF formats (for printing) and in FrameMaker format (the original source code of the document, for people who would like to contribute to the GUM).

gnome-users-guide (Version 1.0.6, 8,272K) (G)

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The gnome-users-guide package will install the Users' Guide for the GNOME Desktop Environment on your computer.

You should install this package if you are going to use GNOME and you need a quick, handy reference.

helptool (Version 2.4, 23K) (G K S)

The helptool provides a unified graphical user interface for searching through many of the help sources available (including man pages and GNU texinfo documents).

Install helptool if you'd like to use it to search for help files. You'll need to have the X Window System installed to use the helptool.

howto (Version 6.0, 11,103K)

Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux. Linux HOWTOs are a great source of practical information about your system. The latest versions of these documents are located at http://sunsite.unc.edu/linux.

Install the howto package if you'd like to be able to access the Linux HOWTO documentation from your own system.

howto-chinese (Version 6.0, 13,445K)

The howto-chinese package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Chinese. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents describing a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-chinese package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTO documentation in Chinese. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-croatian (Version 6.0, 1,897K)

The howto-chinese package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Croatian. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-croatian package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTO documentation in Croatian. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-french (Version 6.0, 29,195K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into French. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-french package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in French. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-german (Version 6.0, 22,361K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into German. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-german package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in German. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-greek (Version 6.0, 7,712K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Greek. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-greek package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Greek. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-html (Version 6.0, 12,824K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents in HTML format, so they can be viewed with a web browser. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-html package if you'd like to view the Linux HOWTOs with your web browser off your own machine, or if you'd like to provide the HTML HOWTOs from your web server.

howto-indonesian (Version 6.0, 8,491K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Indonesian. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-indonesian package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Indonesian. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-italian (Version 6.0, 21,596K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Italian. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-italian package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Italian. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-japanese (Version 6.0, 11,888K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Japanese. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-japanese package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Japanese. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-korean (Version 6.0, 19,242K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Korean. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-korean package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Korean. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-polish (Version 6.0, 9,474K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Polish. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-polish package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Polish. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-serbian (Version 6.0, 37K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Serbian. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-serbian package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Serbian. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-sgml (Version 6.0, 9,767K)

The howto-sgml package contains the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML format. The SGML format documents are the ``source'' files. Other file formats (text, PostScript(TM), DVI, HTML) are translated from the SGML documents. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-sgml package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML format.

howto-slovenian (Version 6.0, 3,791K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Slovenian. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-slovenian package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Slovenian. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-spanish (Version 6.0, 7,739K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Spanish. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-spanish package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Spanish. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-swedish (Version 6.0, 4,009K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Swedish. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-swedish package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Swedish. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

howto-turkish (Version 6.0, 816K)

This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents that have been translated into Turkish. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.

Install the howto-turkish package if you'd like to use the Linux HOWTOs in Turkish. Please note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you'll need to install the English version (the howto package).

indexhtml (Version 6.0.1, 18K) (G K S)

The indexhtml package contains the HTML page and graphics for a welcome page shown by your Web browser, which you'll see after you've successfully installed Red Hat Linux.

The Web page provided by indexhtml tells you how to register your Red Hat software and how to get any support that you might need.

install-guide (Version 3.2, 1,373K)

The install-guide contains the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) Getting Started Guide in HTML format. The LDP Getting Started Guide is intended to be an installation manual and an entry-level guide to Linux. If you're installing the Red Hat Linux operating system, you should ignore the installation instructions included here and instead use Red Hat's Installation Guide.

You should install the install-guide package if you'd like to use the LDP's Getting Started Guide in HTML format using your web browser off your own machine, or if you'd like to provide the LDP's Getting Started Guide on your web server.

kernel-doc (Version 2.2.12, 2,555K)

This package contains documentation files form the kernel source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files.

You'll want to install this package if you need a reference to the options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.

lpg (Version 0.4, 1,739K)

The lpg package includes a generic guide for programming on Linux systems, in HTML format. You may want to check the Linux Documentation Project's website at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ for more information and possible updates to the programming guide.

If you'd like to view the Linux programming guide using your web browser from files on your own machine, or if you'd like to provide it from your web server, you should install the lpg package.

man-pages (Version 1.26, 11,244K) (G K S)

A large collection of man pages (documentation) from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). The man pages are organized into the following sections: Section 1, user commands (intro only); Section 2, system calls; Section 3, libc calls; Section 4, devices (e.g., hd, sd); Section 5, file formats and protocols (e.g., wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs); Section 6, games (intro only); Section 7, conventions, macro packages, etc. (e.g., nroff, ascii); and Section 8, system administration (intro only).

nag (Version 1.0, 1,217K)

The nag package contains the Linux Documentation Project's Network Administrators' Guide. The NAG covers the wide world of Linux networking, including TCP/IP, UUCP, SLIP, DNS, mail systems, NNTP and news systems, and NFS. Be sure to check the LDP's website at http://sunsite.unc.edu/linux/ldp.html for possible updates to the NAG.

Install the nag package if you'd like to use the LDP's Network Administrators' Guide off your own machine.

python-docs (Version 1.5.2, 2,938K)

The python-docs package contains documentation on the Python programming language and interpreter. The documentation is provided in ASCII text files and in LaTeX source files.

Install the python-docs package if you'd like to use the documentation for the Python language.

rhl-alpha-install-addend-en (Version 6.1, 200K)

The rhl-alpha-install-addend-en package contains the Red Hat Linux 6.0 Alpha Installation Addendum document in HTML format.

Install the rhl-alpha-install-addend-en package if you'd like to use an HTML version of the Alpha Installation Addendum loaded on your own machine.

rhl-getting-started-guide-en (Version 6.1, 709K)

The rhl-getting-started-guide-en contains the Red Hat Linux 6.0 Getting Started Guide document in HTML format.

Install the rhl-getting-started-guide-en package if you'd like to use an HTML version of the Getting Started Guide loaded on your own machine.

rhl-install-guide-en (Version 6.1, 2,428K)

The rhl-install-guide-en package contains the Red Hat Linux 6.0 Installation Guide in HTML format. An online copy of the Red Hat Linux 6.0 Installation Guide is available from the Red Hat Software web page at http://www.redhat.com.

Install the rhl-install-guide-en package if you would like to use an HTML version of the Installation Guide from your own machine.

sag (Version 0.6, 644K)

The Linux Documentation Project's System Administrators' Guide, provided in HTML format. This document provides a generic guide to Linux system administration. Check the Linux Documentation Project's website at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.html for other formats of this document or for any updates.

Install the sag package if you'd like to use the HTML version of the LDP's System Administrators' Guide on your own machine.

sendmail-doc (Version 8.9.3, 1,360K)

The sendmail-doc package contains documentation about the Sendmail Mail Transport Agent (MTA) program, including release notes, the Sendmail FAQ and a few papers written about Sendmail. The papers are provided in PostScript(TM) and troff formats.

Install the sendmail-doc package if you need documentation about Sendmail.

specspo (Version 6.1, 1,351K)

The specspo package contains the portable object catalogues used to internationalize Red Hat packages.